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A female charged with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a recorded message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court learned communication data and information recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most widely reported child disappearance cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another phone message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I have a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," she added.

The panel was advised that via emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with law enforcement who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted family friends of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On that date, Mr McCann picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court heard the co-defendant established a relationship online with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in that winter.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be considered genuine in the months before the appearance to that location, that area, in that winter.

The court learned message exchanges between the two accused, in November 2024, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from silverware at a eating establishment.

"We have to make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their house, the defendant sent a text which expressed: "We are sitting adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case continues.